Jeremy Cherfas

The bit that really made me sit up and take notice in Peter Molnar’s account of his new listening set up was the 2TB micro-SD card. For less than $200. Truly, the future has arrived.

“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.”

• On foot* 41.8811, 12.4673* 27 October 2025* 425.11 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMapI’m glad Rabbit Quest was there to prompt me to get out of the house today, even if it was a very familiar urban circuit. I needed that. Interesting discrepancy in localisation. The image suggests I was between the tram tracks. I was not. I was on the side of the road looking at the marked spot.

Eat This Newsletter 286: Cravings

Cruising the internet highway seeking nutritious alternatives to slop.

This week, unaffordable healthy diets, undesirable healthy diets, truck stops, forest gardens, and gluten.

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Latest Episode: The Spice Bag

In 2008, staff at a Chinese takeaway in Dublin cooked themselves up a special treat after hours. One thing led to another and today you can find something similar not only across Ireland but as far afield as New Zealand.

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I am totally in awe of the skills on (partial) display.

Obvious, when you think about it, that Brad Delong on how Substack and its writers might survive enshittification is paid only content. It would require “the continued maintenance by SubStack of exit paths, so that the credible threat of exit keeps platform incentives aligned with user success.” How’s that going, I wonder.

Eat This Newsletter 285: Antsy

Life’s little certainties: birth, death, and school lunch money.

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